Briefs: Red Lands Council Fundraiser Scheduled+

Briefs: Red Lands Council Fundraiser Scheduled+

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Red Lands Council, Girl Scouts of America, has scheduled its
annual awards dinner for Women of Distinction on June 20 at Quail
Creek Golf and Country Club. A reception with cash bar at 6:30 p.m.
will be followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Honorees and the categories
for which they are being recognized are Pat Fennell, Social
Services; Nedra Funk, Business; Judge Twyla Gray, Judicial; Loretta
Hinkle, Volunteerism; Lou Kerr, Philanthropy; Lt. Col. Cindi Miller,
Military; Gayle Semtner, Arts; and Trish Weedn,
Leadership.Reservations are $50 per person with proceeds
benefiting the Red Lands Council. Checks made out to the council may
be sent to 121 NE 50th St., Oklahoma City, 73105. Sponsor categories
also are available, ranging in price from $1,500 to $250. Fire
and iceWell, not exactly. Sunny California and frigid Mount
Everest is the more accurate description. We're talking about the
films starting Friday at Omnidome Theater at Omniplex. Omnidome's
summer feature film will be Adventures in Wild California. Making a
return visit to Omnidome for the summer will be Everest. For
screening schedules, call Omnidome at 602-3663.A little night
music?The Arts Council of Oklahoma City is continuing to sponsor
its Twilight Concert Series each Sunday in June, July and August.
Admission is free and concerts are from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m.
Families and picnics are encouraged but not pets nor glass
containers. For additional information, call the Arts Council at 270-
4848.The June concerts will be at the Will Rogers Park
Amphitheater, NW 36th and Portland. Entertainers and dates are
DeNada (rock) on Sunday; Talk of the Town (jazz), June 16; Guitar
Bums (classic rock), June 23, and the Moonlight Serenade Orchestra
(big band), June 30.Playing in July in the Myriad Botanical
Gardens, downtown, will be The Pulse ('90s pop/variety), July 7; Joe
Merrick (country), July 14; the Burton Band (r&b), July 21, and
Claroscuro (world beat), July 28.Mount St. Mary's campus will be
the setting for the final concerts in August. Playing will be All-
Stars of Galileo Open Mic Night (variety), Aug. 4; Falderal String
Band (folk), Aug. 11, and Tropical Shores (steel drum band), Aug.
18.70th birthday seasonOklahoma City Town Hall will enter
its 70th season this fall with the lecture series scheduled from
September through April. Since 1933, Town Hall has provided
nationally recognized speakers to inform and entertain. The programs
will be at St. Luke's United Methodist Church. The season will
open Sept. 19 with "King Arthur . . . History or Legend?" presented
by Frank Reno, who's spent 15 years researching the Dark Ages and
King Arthur. On Oct. 17, Harm de Blij, a specialist in geopolitical
and environmental issues, will discuss "The Power of
Place."Former Sen. Alan Simpson will share his western wit and
scathing honesty on Nov. …